amblypod

am·bly·pod

[am-bluh-pod]
noun
one of the primitive ungulate mammals of the extinct order Pantodonta, from the Paleocene and Eocene epochs, having a massive body and short legs.

Origin:
< Neo-Latin Amblypoda < Greek amblý(s) blunt + -poda -poda

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